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Europe's top court ruled that obese people can be considered as disabled, but stopped short of saying that obesity was a condition that needed specific protection under European anti-discrimination laws.
The landmark decision

Europe's top court ruled that obese people can be considered as disabled, but stopped short of saying that obesity was a condition that needed specific protection under European anti-discrimination laws.
The landmark decision

Multi-disciplinary experts on obesity and obesity surgery are set to discuss its various causes and its surgical and non-surgical management in Dubai next week.
The second Annual Gulf Obesity Surgery Society (GOSS2014) Meeting wil

More than 2.1 billion people, or close to 30 per cent of the global population, are overweight or obese. This carries a steep economic toll: the global cost of obesity, at around $2 trillion or 2.8 per cent of world economic output, is abo

Bahraini men are some of the fattest in the world, according to a new book.
The Economist's Pocket World in Figures 2015 puts Bahrain fourth in the world for portly men, with 31 per cent of the adult male population reportedly

A new diet pill has got approval to be sold in the US, only the third obesity treatment in more than a decade to win approval from the Food and Drug Administration.
Made by Orexigen Therapeutics, Contrave is a combination of the a

Obesity has been recognised as a serious health issue in the UAE and the Middle East with recent statistics showing more than 66 per cent of men and 60 per cent of women are overweight or obese.
The UAE ranks as the fifth fattest nation

More than three million people in Saudi Arabia are obese and around 20,000 people die from obesity-related diseases annually, a report said citing studies.
Saudi Sugar and Endocrinology Society in the Eastern Province has warned t